Category Archives: Short Takes

Solving the world’s problems

Posted on 2025-04-03 by TPOL Nathan

Buckminster Fuller once wrote: If you take all the machinery in the world and dump it in the ocean, within months more than half of all humanity will die and within another six months they’d almost all be gone; if … Continue reading →

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“Real money” or just more fake money?

Posted on 2025-03-21 by TPOL Nathan

Robert Koasawli is famous for his statement, “Silver and gold are God’s money. Everything else is fake.” The folks over at Paradigm put this chart out a couple of days ago: Gold is more than $3000/ounce. Remember that until 1934 … Continue reading →

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The first quarter of the 21st Century is nearing its end…

Posted on 2025-03-16 by TPOL Nathan

…and so let us ask ourselves, how are we doing? Think about this, and consider the following: double Baker’s Dozen ™: SELF-DEFENSE TRUTHS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

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Peace?

Posted on 2025-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

Dare we breathe? Is it possible that years of bloody war might come to an end? The Donald seems to think so. Do we believe him? Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social I just had a lengthy and … Continue reading →

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A brief winter safety reminder

Posted on 2025-02-15 by TPOL Nathan

As we all long for more moisture, less bitter cold and wind, and signs of spring! Several of the staff of TPOL made their annual pilgrimage to Utah – not to Salt Lake City or any sacred site or ground, … Continue reading →

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Just remember

Posted on 2025-01-19 by TPOL Nathan

Tomorrow is Inauguration Day.

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Welcome to 2025

Posted on 2025-01-01 by TPOL Nathan

What can we expect in this new year? Enjoy a day off, of course. Be with friends and family, and count your blessings! If you can: many people still have to work on New Year’s Day – and even had … Continue reading →

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As we near a new year of 2025…

Posted on 2024-12-30 by TPOL Nathan

May we see a new birth of liberty and freedom… Not just in these Fifty States but around the world. And not just in China, Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea. But in Ukraine and Russia and especially in Canada and … Continue reading →

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Christmas, Christmas time is here

Posted on 2024-12-25 by TPOL Nathan

For those with a taste for nostalgia, you can watch Alvin and his buddies (and Dave) sing this old song HERE. For lovers of liberty who do not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, it is still a time for … Continue reading →

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Drone “vigilantes” and other matters of self-defense

Posted on 2024-12-24 by TPOL Nathan

The New Jersey connection? New Jersey was the setting for Orson Welles’ radio broadcast adaption of H.G.Wells’ novel. (Which was set in England.) It terrified millions. Especially in Jersey. Even more than being caught between New York City and Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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